STATE EX REL. TREADAWAY v. LOUISIANA STATE BD. OF HEALTH

No. 39233.

51 So.2d 41 (1951)

218 La. 752

STATE ex rel. TREADAWAY v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Sladovich, Jr., Charles L. Stiffell, New Orleans, for respondent-appellant.

George Piazza, New Orleans, for relator.


MOISE, Justice.

Relator instituted proceedings against the Louisiana State Board of Health to compel correction of its death records to show that relator's deceased mother, Anna Treadaway, born Lafitte, was a member of the white or Caucasian race. The specific record involved is identified as "Ward District No. 52-5507, File No. 55, Registry No. 13,543." From a judgment in favour of relator, the defendant has appealed.

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